Russ Light         Principal Engineer     Bob Miyamoto         Associate Director     Paul Aguilar         Senior Field Engineer     Eric Boget         Engineer IV     Chris Craig         Maintenance Mechanic     Adam Huxtable         Field Engineer     Larry Joireman          Research Coordinator     Fred Karig         Principal Mechanical Engineer     Mike Kenney         Oceanographer III     Sean Lastuka         Engineer III     Trina Litchendorf          Oceanographer     Keith Magness         Field Engineer     Tim McGinnis         Senior Engineer     Nick Michel-Hart         Engineer III     Fran Olson         Senior Field Engineer     Pete Pehl         Diver     Peter Sabin         Senior Field Engineer     Dean Stewart         Field Engineer     Sam Sublett         UW Dive Safety Officer     Troy Swanson         Field Engineer     Keith Van Thiel         Engineer III     Tim Wen         Senior Engineer      Arctic Submarine Laboratory	The 2009 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station (APLIS 2009) established an arctic ice camp on an ice floe in the Beaufort Sea to support U.S. Navy and civilian personnel. For about two weeks in March, when temperatures were as low as –30°F, engineers from the Laboratory's Ocean Engineering Department and Navy personnel conducted under-ice exercises (ICEX) with two submarines on site. This 2009 ice station re-establishes APL-UW as the U.S. Navy's premier arctic logistics provider, and recognizes the Lab's expertise in arctic logistics and science that stretches back to the 1970s. APL-UW provides three major functions at the ice station: logistics, underwater tracking, and under-ice diving. Logistics includes all aspects of establishing a camp—building fabrication, runway creation and maintenance, aircraft and helicopter contracting, and electrical, heat, and food service support. APL-UW deploys and operates an in-house designed underwater tracking range system, which provides 24/7 tracking range support for all Navy underwater systems. A new digitally-based tracking range receiver was deployed this year. Finally, APL-UW under-ice divers recover the test torpedoes after being fired from submarines. These research divers are highly trained in extreme low temperature water and under-ice conditions. Click image to play movie: Camp Panorama (31 sec) Timeline Planning process began in early 2008 to secure aircraft, fuel, buildings, food, equipment, and transportation 26 February 2009: The APL-UW logistics team arrives in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to establish the forward base of operations. 27 February–3 March: Ice camp site search conducted with a ski-equipped Cessna 185 and Grand Caravan aircraft. The aircraft, used to shuttle personnel and all equipment and supplies to the ice camp, are limited to a 250-mile range from Prudhoe Bay. 4–19 March: Camp built and tracking range installed. 175,000 lbs of equipment/supplies are flown to the ice camp. Sustained winds during buildup moved the ice floe supporting the camp nearly 80 n mi in one week. 17 March: USS Annapolis arrives 18 March: USS Helena arrives 19–28 March: U.S. Navy under-ice exercises (ICEX) Sixteen test torpedo shots and recoveries Ten submarine surfacings Camp population was sustained at 52, and reached a maximum of 72 29–31 March: Demobilization APLIS 2009 was established on the pack ice in the Beaufort Sea, about 200 n mi north-northeast of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. APLIS 2009 runway and camp in the distance. Sub-zero temperatures and high winds freeze everything... quickly. History APL-UW first collaborated with U.S. Navy exercises in the Arctic in 1974, and has served in logistics and science roles over the past three-plus decades, most recently establishing ice stations in 2003 and 2007. Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station 1988